ALBANY - Will Brown told his team before Wednesday's night matchup with UMBC that it was a separation game.

The Great Danes, who are right smack in the middle of the nine-team league, came out slow and trailed by 12 at halftime.

All season, the UAlbany players and Coach Brown have talked about how this is a different team than last season.

In the second half, they proved it.

The Great Danes rallied to post a 66-63 victory and even their conference mark at 4-4.

“Coach gave us a good speech and that got us pumped up for the second half,” said sophomore point guard Mike Black. “We just came out, played aggressive and a lot better than the first half.”

The comeback ties the program's largest come-from-behind road victory, as they trailed by 14, 46-32, with 16:46 remaining.

“It showed our character,” said Black.

UAlbany has won their last three games and already has twice as many league wins as all of last year, when they finished 2-14 in the America East.

“It just shows that we have a lot of fight in us and we’re going to play to the last buzzer,” said senior guard Tim Ambrose.

The Great Danes have won their last two conference road games, after dropping their first two of the year.

“I think it was a good feeling for our guys that they had to deal with some adversity on the road and they found a way to get it done,” said Brown.

UAlbany hosts rival Vermont, Saturday at SEFCU Arena, at 7 p.m.